List of New York Giants head coaches

The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey. They are members of the East Division of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football League (NFL). The franchise was founded in 1925 and have played for 19 NFL championships. They have won seven World Championship Games (Super Bowl and NFL Championship games) and one NFL Championship by virtue of having the league's best record at the end of the season in 1927.[1][2]

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There have been 21 head coaches for the Giants franchise. Five coaches have won NFL Championships with the team: Earl Potteiger in 1927, Steve Owen in 1934 and 1938, Jim Lee Howell in 1956, Bill Parcells in 1986 and 1990, and Tom Coughlin in 2007 and 2011.[2] Steve Owen leads all-time in games coached and wins, and LeRoy Andrews leads all coaches in winning percentage with .828 (with at least one full season coached).[3] Bill Arnsparger is statistically the worst coach the Giants have had in terms of winning percentage, with .200.[4]

Of the 20 Giants coaches, three have been elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame: Benny Friedman, Steve Owen and Bill Parcells.[5] Several former players have been head coach for the Giants, including Doc Alexander, Earl Potteiger, Benny Friedman, Steve Owen, Jim Lee Howell, and Alex Webster.

Key
# Number of coaches[N 1] 100 GC Games coached 250 W Wins 500 L 1
T 3
Win% Winning percentage
00† Elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a coach
00‡ Elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a player
00* Spent entire NFL head coaching career with the Giants

Coaches

Note: Statistics are accurate through the end of the 2020 NFL season.
Tom Coughlin spent 12 years as head coach of the Giants,[6] before resigning on January 4, 2016.
# Name Term[N 2] Regular season Playoffs Awards
GC W L T Win% GC W L
1 Bob Folwell* 1925 12 8 4 0 .667 – – –
2 Doc Alexander 1926 13 8 4 1 .667 – – –
3 Earl Potteiger 1927–1928 26 15 8 3 .652 – – – NFL Championship (1927)
4 LeRoy Andrews 1929–1930 30 24 5 1 .828 – – –
5 Benny Friedman ‡ 1930 2 2 0 0 1.000 – – –
6 Steve Owen † 1931–1953 268 151 100 17 .602 10 2 8 2 NFL Championships (1934, 1938)
Sporting News Coach of the Year (1950)[7]
7 Jim Lee Howell* 1954–1960 84 53 27 4 .663 4 2 2 NFL Championship (1956)

Sporting News Coach of the Year (1956)[7]

8 Allie Sherman* 1961–1968 112 57 51 4 .528 3 0 3 AP Coach of the Year (1961, 1962)[8]
UPI NFL Coach of the Year (1961, 1962)[7]
9 Alex Webster* 1969–1973 70 29 40 1 .420 – – – UPI NFC Coach of the Year (1970)[7]
10 Bill Arnsparger* 1974–1976 35 7 28 0 .200 – – –
11 John McVay* 1976–1978 37 14 23 0 .378 – – –
12 Ray Perkins 1979–1982 57 23 34 0 .404 2 1 1
13 Bill Parcells † 1983–1990 127 77 49 1 .611 11 8 3 2 Super Bowl Championships (1986, 1990)
AP Coach of the Year (1986)[9]
Pro Football Weekly Coach of the Year (1986)[10]
Sporting News Coach of the Year (1986)[11]
UPI NFC Coach of the Year (1986)[7]
14 Ray Handley* 1991–1992 32 14 18 0 .438 – – –
15 Dan Reeves 1993–1996 64 31 33 0 .484 2 1 1 AP Coach of the Year (1993)[12]
Pro Football Weekly Coach of the Year (1993)[13]
Sporting News Coach of the Year (1993)[14]
UPI NFC Coach of the Year (1993)[7]
16 Jim Fassel* 1997–2003 112 58 53 1 .523 5 2 3 AP Coach of the Year (1997)[15]
Pro Football Weekly Coach of the Year (1997)[16]
Sporting News Coach of the Year (1997)[7]
17 Tom Coughlin 2004–2015 192 102 90 0 .531 11 8 3 2 Super Bowl Championships (2007, 2011)
18 Ben McAdoo* 2016–2017 28 13 15 0 .464 1 0 1
19 Steve Spagnuolo[N 3] 2017 4 1 3 0 .250 – – –
20 Pat Shurmur 2018–2019 32 9 23 0 .281 – – –
21 Joe Judge* 2020–present 16 6 10 0 .375 – – –

Notes

  1. A running total of the number of Giants head coaches. Thus, any head coach who has two or more terms is only counted once.
  2. Each year is linked to an article about that particular NFL season.
  3. McAdoo was fired twelve games into the 2017 season. Spagnuolo served as interim head coach for the remaining four games.

References

  1. Goldstein, Richard (2005-10-25). "Wellington Mara, Co-Owner of New York Giants, Is Dead at 89". New York Times. Retrieved 2008-04-04.
  2. "New York Giants Championship History". NFLTeamHistory.com. Archived from the original on 2008-05-17. Retrieved 2008-03-16.
  3. "LeRoy Andrews' Coaching Record". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved 2008-03-17.
  4. "Bill Arnsparger's Coaching Record". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved 2008-03-17.
  5. "Hall of Famers by Franchise". Pro Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved March 16, 2008.
  6. "Tom Coughlin's Coaching Record". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved 2008-03-17.
  7. "NFL Coach of the Year Award". Hickok Sports. Archived from the original on December 5, 2012. Retrieved March 22, 2008.
  8. "Allie Sherman". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2008-04-07.
  9. "Duane Charles Parcells". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2008-04-07.
  10. "Two-time SB champion Parcells retires from coaching". ESPN. January 23, 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-07.
  11. "Bill Parcells". 60 Minutes. CBS. October 3, 2004. Retrieved 2008-04-07.
  12. "Dan Reeves". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2008-04-07.
  13. "Reeves beats owner to the punch". ESPN. Retrieved 2008-04-11.
  14. "Pro Football Hall of Fame". Retrieved 2008-04-11.
  15. "James Edward Fassel". Pro Football Reference. Archived from the original on 2008-03-29. Retrieved 2008-04-11.
  16. "James Fassel". Associated Press. Retrieved 2008-04-11.

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